Get Your Holiday Hostess Gifts on Order!

Need a sweet and unique hostess gift this holiday season? Consider a whimsical, one-of-a-kind ceramic piece from Syma Small Works.

BoHo Home

You may remember the Everyday Artist profile I ran of Syma a few months ago. Well, after the post ran, I decided to treat myself from her shop, and nothing would do her but that she make a gift of what I fully intended to buy.

BoHo Home

And what a gift it was! Not only did I receive the sweet Bull Ball Bell I chose…

BoHo Home

…but it came in a gift box decorated with more of Syma’s transporting art.

BoHo Home

Inside was an enclosure card that told me about the historical inspiration for the Bull Ball Bell and how to use it to release its “magic” properties.

BoHo Home

I always say that if you’re going to take the bull by the horns, those horns may as well be 24-karat gold. Agreed?

BoHo Home

Don’t you simply love the detail? Each piece is completely hand-formed and hand-painted, so each one is just a little different. I chose this one for his pink hoof…

Each bell is signed and dated on the outside and signed and numbered on the inside (right alongside the bull ball clanger ;-> ) Notice how translucent the porcelain is; the light coming through shows up a shadow of the outside detail INSIDE.

BoHo Home

Syma also included in the package three beautiful art postcards featuring some of her other work.

And if a Bull Ball Bell doesn’t tickle your fancy, she has other giftables in her shop that come with the same beautiful packaging.

Consider a Smoked Little Pot of Gold—each one lined in 24-karat gold and smoked to unique perfection on the outside. Lit with a tealight, they’re magical.

Syma Small Works

And inside the beautiful gift box will be this sweet sentiment.

Syma Small Works

The same is true of the Angel Feeder Bowls….

Syma Small Works

…As wells as the four styles of coasters based on her Muse Charger series (on my Santa-get-these-for-me list).

BoHo Home

If you’re not into bulls, Syma also has Cash Cow Bells in the shop and Bells to Summon a Frog (for kissing and turning into a prince?). But whatever you choose, I’m sure the person you buy it for will be just as delighted as I was when I received my gift.

BoHo Home

Come to think of it, you may be so tickled with it you don’t want to give it away. So plan ahead: Order two and keep one for yourself! And get your order in before the holiday rush.

A big shout-out of thanks from me to Syma for my beautiful bell. I keep it on a shelf over my desk, where I see it frequently and ring it with abandon. And each and every time I think of her thoughtfulness and her sound advice, which takes on extra meaning this election season: